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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
I'm a dumbass. Can anyone explain the consequences for what would happen if the native grasses were dead?
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Yeah the deal is that the native grass out here (I don't know what's around hutch) is pretty slow growing and packs a pretty decent ration into the plant whether it's the growing forage or the dried biomass.
The problem is if it comes in with a weed like cheatgrass or kochia early or pigweed late it will be pretty hard on the soil and will have a very short period that the biomass is digestible for livestock. Also if there is a big flush of weeds it will take the available soil moisture for growing grass. Also weeds like kochia are allelopathic for grass.
It will take a long time for the prairies to heal